PRAYER TO ST JOSEPH BEFORE HOLY COMMUNION

O Blessed Joseph, how sweet and wonderful a privilege was yours, not only to see, but to carry in your arms, to kiss and to embrace with fatherly affection that only-begotten-Son of God, Whom so many kings and prophets desired to see, but were not able. Oh, that, inspired by your example and aided by your patronage, I may with like feelings of love and reverence, embrace my Lord and Redeemer in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, so that when my life on earth is ended I may merit to embrace Him eternally in Heaven. Amen.